Insurrection. London: Gollancz, 1950. First Edition. Green cloth boards, in publisher’s dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned, spotting to fore-edges. A nice bright copy.

A novel which captures the power and tragedy of the Easter Rising, April 1916.

Set during the tumultuous week of the Easter Rising in Dublin, Insurrection follows a small group of insurgents tasked with defending the road from Dublin to Dún Laoghaire against British reinforcements. O’Flaherty, known for his socialist leanings and sharp critique of imperialism, uses this historical moment not to glorify rebellion but to humanise it—focusing on the flawed, frightened, and idealistic individuals swept up in the chaos.